TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Process Design of Piping- Basics

• Optimum Pipe size

• Pressure Drop in Straight Pipe

• Additional Pressure Drop in Fittings and Valves

• Actual Pipe design problems

• Calculation of Fanning Friction factor f

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 Process Design of Piping- Basics

.Process design of pipe is a balance between size/diameter of pipe

and pressure drop.

 Larger size of pipe increases the fixed cost of pipe and lower
pressure drop means lower operating cost of pipe. For a given flow
rate of fluid, larger size of pipe will give lesser pressure drop.

 Ideal scenario is to look for optimum pipe size.

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 Piping- Basic Design Considerations

.If the fluid has to be pumped through the pipe, the size should be
selected to give the least annual operating cost.

 In a piping system there is rarely only straight pipe.

 Piping has elbows, bends, tees, and other branch connections.

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 Optimum Pipe Size

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 Pressure Drop in Straight Pipe

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 Pressure Drop in Straight Pipe

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Additional Pressure Drop in Fittings and Valves

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Additional Pressure Drop in Fittings and Valves

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Additional Pressure Drop in Fittings and Valves

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Additional Pressure Drop in Fittings and Valves

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 Actual Pipe design problems

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 Actual Pipe design problems

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 Actual Pipe design problems

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 Actual Pipe design problems

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 Actual Pipe design problems

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 Actual Pipe design problems

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 Actual Pipe design problems

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 Calculation of Fanning Friction factor f

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS- USEFUL REFERENCES

S.B. Thakore & B.I.Bhatt, "Introduction to Process Engineering and

Design", Mcgraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2013.

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